Results for "piano"

Becky Archibald

Born: March 11, 1962

Becky Archibald is an award-winning pianist, composer, recording artist, and educator. Spanning solo piano to chamber music to jazz, Becky’s music has taken her far – from Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall (solo debut, 2006) to a California house concert playing Frank Sinatra’s piano, to the Dordogne Jazz Summer School (DJSS) in Monteton, France (composer-in-residence since 2009.) Known for her innovative programming, she produced “Fresh-Faced Jazz” for the Indianapolis Spirit and Place Festival, featuring jazz artists performing inner city children’s first musical compositions, and a live radio concert on WFYI’s “The Classical Connection,” featuring Archibald performing her compositions with members of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, along with a reading by award-winning author and classical music reviewer for the New Yorker Magazine, Alex Ross

Charity Chan

An active member of Montreal’s music community, author-composer-performer Charity Chan is a pianist by training who has had the opportunity to perform and present her works throughout Canada, Europe, Oceania, and the United States. Her live performances emphasize the hidden resonant abilities of the piano, often using alternative performance techniques in the process of live creation A unique voice in the world of contemporary and free improvisation, Charity’s music draws from a wide-array of sonic practices as part of her creative inspiration and development. Furthermore, her compositions and improvisations are strongly rooted in the immediacy of physical gesture and the importance of collaborative communication. While her creative work is primarily in contemporary improvised music, she has also worked and studied extensively in the classical and contemporary classical idioms

Paul Shinn Trio

Born: March 2, 1988

Stefan Aeby

The dream of a perfect world. A world of freedom. Of equality. Of self- realization. A world in flux and rebirth. Curiosity as well as the search for consistency and familiarity. Big becomes small and limits disappear. Everything seems possible… And in the middle of this: a piano trio. A trio which dreams of being free, but still together. A trio with a curious and open spirit that allows limits to disappear without losing its roots. With the perfect match of Michael Stulz on drums and André Pousaz on bass, Stefan Aeby`s piano playing and composing have found a new tonal dimension with a strong personal sound spectrum as well as a real touching and intimate band sound

Heitsi-Eibib Ogun

Born: September 8, 1969

Brooklyn born and raised. Highschool and college years he played with R&B and cover bands. 1994-2001 played with smooth jazz musicians in the NY, CT area. 2001-2006 explored avant-garde music. 2006-2009 moved back and forth, from Philly to Nashville. 2010 Moved to Kentucky. From 2006 to 2013, he has played with straight ahead jazz musicians and jammed in other genres. For more music and contact info, check out soundcloud.com/thomasbirl or facebook.com/tbirl

Marco Mezquida

Born: 1987

Marco Mezquida was born on the island of Menorca in 1987, he begins his studies at the age of eight, graduates in 2009 from the School of Music of Catalonia (ESMUC), where he studied jazz improvisation, classical and contemporary music with Albert Bover, Lluís Vidal, Agustí Fernández, Coll and Juan Ramon de la Rubia. Appreciating his work Mezquida has been awarded two years in a row as ‘Musician of the Year’ 2011 and 2012 by the Association of Musicians Jazz and Modern Catalonia. Settled in Barcelona, at the age of 25 Mezquida is one of the most active pianists in the Catalan jazz scene

Jonah Wei-Haas

Born: September 8, 1989

JONAH WEI-HAAS is an American pianist / keyboardist, producer, arranger, and teacher. He first began playing classical piano at age 8. In high school, he was introduced to Thelonius Monk and promptly fell in love with jazz, funk, rock, and other groove and improvisational based music. In 2007, Jonah received the World Tour Scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music where he studied with incredible musicians and teachers including: Joanne Brackeen, Ray Santisi, Leo Blanco, Eldar Djangirov, Dave Limina, Jamey Haddad, Neil Olmstead, Laszlo Gardony, Mark Whitfield, Tiger Okoshi, and others

Thomas M Borino

Born: July 17, 1951

Leader of Airborne the Musical Peacemakers of Contemporary Jazz Label Owner of Tilt Records Tilt Records is an independent record label specializing in the recording, producing, and distribution of the Contemporary Jazz, Straight Ahead Jazz, Smooth Jazz and Vocals, R&B, World Music, and Funk & Fusion musical compositions Owner of Heavy Vibes Music Publishing / BMI Heavy Vibes Music Publishing oversees all copyrights, royalties, and licensing

Pasquale Stafano

Born: December 2, 1972

Pianist, composer and arranger, he graduated in Classical Piano in 1994 and in Jazz in 2000 at “Umberto Giordano” Music Conservatory in Foggia (Italy). He has also a Degree in Economy with Marketing specialization, at University of Foggia in 2004. He is Professor of Piano Jazz at “Luca Marenzio” Music Conservatory in Brescia (Italy). COLLABORATIONS He collaborates with some of the best contemporary jazz musicians among which Javier Girotto, Gabriele Mirabassi, Fabrizio Bosso, Valtinho Anastacio, Max Ionata, Roberto Ottaviano, Michele Rabbia, Kiwha Lee, Yeahwon Shin. He also collaborated with the Italian very famous actors Michele Placido and Giorgio Albertazzi and with Magna Grecia Orchestra and Bari Metropolitan Orchestra

Jim Blomfield